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SHOW TUNES S4 EP 9 - INTO THE WOODS (1986)

Original Broadway Cast Album Cover - Into the Woods, 1986

Stephen Sondheim tackles fairy tale tropes and turns them on their ear with a doozy of an Act II

Stephen Sondheim's beloved musical "Into the Woods" digs deep into famous fairy tales. Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, The Baker and his Wife, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel - they're all here. The show digs deep into the motivations for taking on their fairy tale quests.

Think you know what happens next? Happy ever after? Sure. But that's just Act I...

Consider yourself warned!

Tony Awards (1987):

Best Original Score (Stephen Sondheim)
Best Book of a Musical (James Lapine)
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Joanna Gleason as The Baker's Wife)

Biggest Hits:

"Giants in the Sky"
"Stay with Me"
"Children Will Listen"

Nifty notables:

"I Know Things Now"
"On the Steps of the Palace"
"No One is Alone"

Musical Numbers:

  1. Prologue: Into the Woods
  2. Cinderella at the Grave
  3. Hello, Little Girl
  4. I Guess This is Goodbye
  5. Maybe They're Magic
  6. I Know Things Now
  7. A Very Nice Prince
  8. First Midnight
  9. Giants in the Sky
  10. Agony
  11. It Takes Two
  12. Stay with Me
  13. On the Steps of the Palace
  14. Ever After
  15. Act II Prologue: So Happy
  16. Agony (reprise)
  17. Lament
  18. Any Moment
  19. Moments in the Woods
  20. Your Fault
  21. Last Midnight
  22. No More
  23. No One Is Alone
  24. Finale: Children Will Listen

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